I knew Kenny would knock a performance out of them and catch portugal on the hop. They were extremely arrogant in the build up, talking about getting Ronaldo his record.
I don’t fancy 3 of their back 4 at all and they gave us every opportunity
They played for 15 minutes and beat us. And that’s as good as we’ll ever be and as bad as they’ll ever be
Lesser teams can get results and you can almost smell it beforehand.
Kenny is trying something different, its shit but a different shit. I think he is out of his depth because he is probably too awkward for the modern “professional”
Pick a “system” that overcomes the problems and limitations Kenny has in terms of ability and physical attributes without resorting to lump it up and play off James Collins
The lads had it well summed up earlier IMO. He shouldn’t have played a 2 man midfield where one of those men is a headless chicken that runs around like a maniac leaving the other one exposed. At least one of the 3 “attackers” should have been someone who will be a bit deeper and link between the midfield and the attack (McGrath, Horgan) than essentially being 3 strikers. I also think Matt Doherty and Coleman should have been the 2 wing backs as they are our best footballers and any 3 at the back system is dependent on good wing backs.
These don’t overcome all our limitations but they would still be a big improvement. Should we just give up instead because we don’t have very good players?
How are we still 47th in the world considering we haven’t won any of our last 14 competitive matches? We must have been high up the rankings before this barren spell.
When Big Mick and TC were barking out the orders you at least felt there was a Plan A.
They were fully committed to it and you felt we had our prep done.
Anthony Barry is first and foremost Chelsea Assistant and Keith Andrews is spoofing around doing punditry half the time. It’s not good enough in my opinion.
Stephen Kenny has an annoying habit of glossing over opposition chances and fixating on our opportunities. His comment that we should have beaten Serbia was like something a 10 year would produce. We were 3-1 down late on and James Collins slide tackled the ball in the net to give us a glimmer of hope.
The comment about the heart being ripped out of the team by losing Randolph, Keogh, Whelan and Didsy was laughable too. John Egan is an upgrade on Keogh and he can still pick Randolph if he wants.
I’d like to see him and Ireland do well but he’s twisting narratives and sounding very unconvincing. Defiant after an “outstanding” 1-1 draw against Qatar a prime example.
All the lads on here i would hazard a guess are EPL fans who flettingly watch Ireland. Our lack of a goalscorer is killing us. For example, Finland at home, Robinson missed sitter, Finland away, Curtis missed sitter, Slovakia, Hourihane missed sitter, Wales at home, Long missed sitter, Luxembourg, Collins missed sitter, Portugal, Connolly missed sitter, Arzebejain, Idah and Molumby both missed sitters. If we had a semi decent striker like Pukki or Callum Wilson we would right bang in the mix. We can sack Kenny but where the goals come from is a massive issue. When a player who could not get a game at Luton is your back up striker then you are in trouble.
